Chris Campos was not available in a call earlier and the Department of Justice in Manhattan's Southern District was not immediately available for comment.

The car scheme as outlined by the Southern District of New York's US Attorney Preet Bharara and the FBI alleged the announced defendants took out loans under false pretenses purchasing more than 200 vehicles involving at least 20 straw buyers.

An earlier invitation to Garcia here for an interview has been met with silence. Other reports of pending interviews with the former controversial head of the Hoboken Housing Authority have similarly been stymied.